Centre for Water and Spatial Science (CWSS)
About us
UWA's Centre for Water and Spatial Science (CWSS) provides evidence-based solutions to complex water and spatial challenges.
Through partnerships across industry, government, and non-governmental organizations, CWSS provides science-based solutions locally, regionally, nationally, and internationally.
The Centre for Water and Spatial Science's mission is to "Seek new water knowledge in a changing climate". CWSS is dedicated to understanding and addressing evolving environmental challenges.
The CWSS focuses on five themes:
- Water in a Changing Climate
- Resilient Landscapes
- Catchment to Coasts
- Data Driven Discovery and Spatial Analytics
- Research Teaching Nexus
The changing climate challenges our ability to manage food and water security, economic wellbeing and the environment. Understanding catchments, rivers, aquifers, estuarine systems and coasts, and how they respond to the changing climate must be at the forefront of responding to this challenge. Spatial data, satellite data, drones, and translational research with industry underpin our ability to gain a deeper understanding of these issues.
Together we will identify solutions to the world's big problems.
What areas do we work in?
Our world-class research focuses on field and process understanding, modelling, and spatial sciences in collaboration with industry and end-users.
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Our people
The Centre provides cross-School leadership and is the focal point of UWA's externally facing identity in the water and spatial sciences. The Centre is hosted within the UWA School of Agriculture and Environment. CWSS coordinates, promotes, and profiles the critical mass of world-class research capability and capacity at UWA by drawing together 14 UWA scientists across schools including SAgE (UWA School of Agriculture and Environment), School of Earth Sciences and Engineering (School of Civil, Environmental and Mining Engineering).
Co-Directors of the Centre for Water and Spatial Science
- Associate Professor Nik Callow, UWA School of Agriculture and Environment
- Associate Professor Matt Hipsey, UWA School of Agriculture and Environment
- Associate Professor Sally Thompson, School of Civil, Environmental and Mining Engineering
The Centre for Water and Spatial Science (CWSS) has a highly diverse range of UWA staff from across multiple schools:
- Associate Professor Bryan Boruff, UWA School of Agriculture and Environment
- Professor Michael Douglas, UWA School of Agriculture and Environment
- Professor Samantha Setterfield, UWA School of Agriculture and Environment
- Professor Jason Beringer, UWA School of Agriculture and Environment
- Dr Natasha Pauli, UWA School of Agriculture and Environment
- Dr Caitlin Moore, UWA School of Agriculture and Environment
- Dr Sharyn Hickey, UWA School of Agriculture and Environment
- Dr John Duncan, UWA School of Agriculture and Environment
- Dr Sarah Bourke, School of Earth Sciences
- Dr Jim McCallum, School of Earth Sciences
- Dr Qiaoyun Xie, School of Civil, Environmental and Mining Engineering
Contact us
Centre for Water and Spatial Science
Address: Building 225 Geography and Geology, Level 1, Room 1.29, UWA Campus
Phone: +61 8 6488 7669
Email: [email protected]
Office open: Mon-Fri, 8am–5pm
Parking: Available in carpark 20 and carpark 19, rear of building